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1. caterpillars have no wings

2. butterflys can fly

3. butterflys can lay eggs

4. caterpillars blood is green

5. butterflies pollenate flowers, where as, the caterpillars eat trees

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A caterpillar is the first stage of a butterfly, otherwise they are the same thing.

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catterpillar crawls while buterflies fly

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